U.S. President Joe Biden’s familial deed fits the fatal image: Everyone is not equal before the law in the United States — not even the president and his people.
Joe Biden went back on his word. Most recently this summer, the current U.S. president gave assurance after the ruling against his son Hunter that he would “accept” and “respect” the decision.* The fact that he is now doing the opposite with a pardon, shortly before the end of his term in office and before the pronouncement of the sentence, is extremely problematic.
It gives the impression that Biden has finally acknowledged that he has failed as a politician to stop Donald Trump’s massive offensive against democracy and the rule of law, and instead, as a father, wants, at least, to spare his son from the worst. After him, the deluge.
Biden Casts His Son as Victim of a Campaign
Even if the charges against Hunter Biden are not as explosive, just as Biden casts himself as the victim of a campaign, many will recall Trump’s accusations against the “rigged” justice system. Trust in the rule of law suffers for it.
In this way, Trump can justify restructuring institutions and giving amnesty to those who stormed the Capitol. This summer, the Supreme Court ruled in a legal case brought by Trump to guarantee the president dangerously broad immunity. Biden’s familial deed fits the fatal image: Everyone is not equal before the law in the United States — not even the president and his people.
*Editor’s note: Although accurately translated, this quoted passage could not be independently verified.
Bidens Bärendienst: Die Begnadigung seines Sohnes ist hochproblematisch
Der familiäre Akt des US-Präsidenten Joe Biden Akt passt ins fatale Bild: Vor dem Gesetz sind in den USA nicht alle gleich – schon gar nicht der Präsident und die Seinen. Der Kommentar.
Joe Biden hat sein Versprechen gebrochen. Zuletzt versicherte der noch amtierende US-Präsident im Sommer nach dem Urteil gegen seinen Sohn Hunter: Er werde den Ausgang des Verfahrens „akzeptieren“ und „respektieren“. Dass er nun mit der Begnadigung kurz vor Ende seiner Amtszeit sowie der Verkündung des Strafmaßes das Gegenteil tut, ist hochproblematisch.
Es wirkt so, als hätte Biden endgültig eingesehen, dass er als Politiker damit gescheitert ist, Donald Trumps Großangriff auf Demokratie und Rechtsstaat der USA zu verhindern, und stattdessen als Vater zumindest seinem verurteilten Sohn noch das Schlimmste ersparen will. Nach ihm die Sintflut.
Joe Biden stellt Sohn als Opfer einer Kampagne dar
Auch wenn die Vorwürfe gegen Hunter Biden weniger brisant sind: So wie Biden seinen Sohn als Opfer einer Kampagne darstellt, werden sich viele an Trumps Vorwürfe gegen die „gesteuerte“ Justiz erinnert fühlen. Dadurch leidet das Vertrauen in den Rechtsstaat.
Trump kann so seinen Umbau der Institutionen und die Amnestie für Verurteilte des Kapitolsturms rechtfertigen. Im Sommer garantierte der Supreme Court in einem Trump-Prozess dem Präsidenten gefährlich weitgehende Immunität. Bidens familiärer Akt passt ins fatale Bild: Vor dem Gesetz sind in den USA nicht alle gleich – schon gar nicht der Präsident und die Seinen.
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